Jerry Lee Lewis

LADY LAKE — Gospel music recording artist Terry Hamilton, 54, is an old-fashioned kind of guy. "The culture now, it's all about me," Hamilton said. "I think church today is a business. It's so commercial. Now it's all praise music. I wanted to do an album of traditional gospel hymns, the kind I grew up with in East Kentucky — "The Old Rugged Cross," "Just a Closer Walk with Thee." That dream resulted in "Railway to Heaven," which just won a Communicator Award given to the best examples of creative excellence for communication professionals by the Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. The award was given for the...

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